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Nadir Vitric Tuff

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088382
MRDS ID DB01944
Record type Site
Current site name Nadir Vitric Tuff
Related records 10299795

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.21556, 41.45742 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES SW OF TANGENT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tangent Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009N 012W 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.21556, 41.45742
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake (Water Lain)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hogup Mtns.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nadir Mining Co.
    Home office Sandy, Ut.

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STIFEL, P. B., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF HOGUP AND TERRACE MOUNTAINS, BOXELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP STIFEL, UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D THESI

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 25 PERCENT IS PURE ENOUGH TO BE USED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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